Car poster panel



Sept. 17, 1929. Jfc. BANDINI CAR POSTER PANEL Filed Sept. 4, 1928 Patented Sept. 17, 1929 PATENT OFFICE d JULIUS C. BANDINI, OF FLUSHING, NEW YORK GAR POSTER PANEL Application filed September 4, 1928.

My invention is an improvement in poster panels of that particular class which are employed in connection with car advertising and in which the advertising cards or posters are contained in a longitudinal trame or panel extending along the inner side ot the car above the windows where the sides ot the car adjoin the ceiling.

The primary object oit my invention is to provide a car poster panel or iframe for advertising cards oi this general character in which a larger number ot advertising cards or posters may be contained in the panel and successively brought in position or exposed to the view of the passengers, not only to change the advertising matter with respect to different advertisers but also make it possible to change the form of the card or advertising matter of each of several individual advertisers.

A further object of my invention is to provide a frame or car poster panel -for advertising cards in which the changes for the purposes above mentioned may be made quickly and convenient-ly without handling the cards, in the present instance moving them by a mechanical means from unexposed to eX- posed position, and vice versa.

1With these principal objects in view my invention consists in providing a poster card trame or car panel in which the cards are arn ranged one back of another and connected to an endless chain by means of which the cards are moved from front or eXposed position to rear or unexpcsed position bacl of the front cards by the simple operation of the endless chain; all as hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a car poster panel constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detailed view in front elevation of one of the card carriers.

Fig. 8 is a similar view showing an advertising card or poster in connection with the earirer.

Fig. 4 a sectional view on the line 4-4 ot Fig. 3.

Serial No. 303,913.

Fig. 5 is ya detailed perspective view of the upper rail of the poster panel.

F ig. 6 is a sectional view on theline 6 6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a detailed perspective view of the lower rail ot the poster panel; and

F 1g. 8 is a sectional view of Fig. 7 through the axis of the sprocket wheel.

In carrying out my invention I provide an upper rail 1() and a lower rail 11 between which the advertising cards are mounted, said rails each having attaching means, as n'ictal straps 12 and 13 respectively, for securing them at the upper and lower edges of the longitudinal panel usually provided in cars at the juncture of the `sides with the ceiling, and in the present instance each rail is provided with two channels or traclzways 14 14 and 15 15 to receive the upper and lower edges of the advertising cards 16 or plates 17 carrying the same, the said cardsl and plates being curved transversely as shown in Figures 2 and 3 to correspond with the curved panel ci? the car and the two sets of channels or trackways permit the'cards to be mounted in the poster panelone behind another. In order that the cards, or plates which carry the saine, may be` inserted into position bet veen the rails at any part of the poster panel the upper rail consists of three spaced apart metal strips 18, 19, and 2O so that the channels or trackways 14 14 open out at the upper as well. as the lower part of the rail, and for c holding said strips in proper spaced relation the metal straps 12 are attached, by weld`r ing or otherwise, to the front and rear strips 18 and 20, with the intermediate strip 19 attached at its upper edge to said straps, the latter having an extension 21 by which it is secured to the car panel. In addition to the attaching straps 12 12 the aforesaid plates forming the trackways of the upper rail are connected together by narrow plates 22, for the special purpose of holding in place strips 23 of less depth than the intermediate strips 19 on a linetherewith whereby a card or poster may be moved from alignment with one channel to anotheigfor the purpose hereimifter explained, 'saidy narrow intermediate strip 23 being located at each end. of the poster panel although in the drawings it is shown at one end only, as part ot the poster panel or ot1 er end thereof is brolien away. rEhe channels or tracltways in the lower rail 11 are formed by the front and rear walls 24. and 25 in connection with an intermediate wall 26, in thisI instance the several walls being connected at their lower ends by a. cross-piece 2'? forming lthe bottom of the rail and tracliways therein.

The plate 17 which carries the advertising card 16 is rectangular in shape and of'a width to lit between the rails 10 and 11 of the poster panel to engage in the tracliways in said rails, the upperand lower edges 28and 29 of said plate being turned over to provide retaining flanges for the opposite edges of the card,-v and at one end ot said plate are retaining ianges 30 80 to vreceive the corresponding edge of the advertising card or poster so as to cooperate with the aforesaid turned over edges 2S and 29 in retaining said advertising card or poster in intimate connection with the plate. To provide tor shifting the upper ends of the. cards from one channel or traclrway to another, as for instance from the front traclzway to the rear tracltway, the plate is provided at its upper corners with tongues 31, and as the cards are shiiitedonly at. the ends et the poster panel l provide at the opposite ends et the narrow intermediate strip 23 spring lingers 32- which engage the tongues 31 and push the upper end ot the card from the trontchannel to the rear channel under the aforesaid narrow strip as the said card is moved Jfrom one position to another or from right to lett in Fig.' 1, said spring fingers or guiding members cooperating with an endless chain 33 mounted in the lower rail on a sprocket wheel 36 at each end i the poster panel, with the two lengths thereof` traveling in opposite directior in the channels, orto the leit in the iront channel. and to the right in the rear channel, the advert nng cards or posters being connected to the chain by pins Bil projecting from the lower edge ot the plates 17 carrying said ing card to engage in apertures 35 therefor in the links ot the chain, as shown in Figs. 7 and S. ltwill be understood that the advertising cards in the trent channel ot the lower rail are moved to the let't and the cards in the rear channel to the right behind .those in liront, and that the arrangement here'- inbetore described for shitting one ot said cardsi'rom the iii-ont channel to the rear channel is duplicated at vthe other end of the poster panel but in reverse order to shift an advertising card or poster from the rear channel vto the iront channel, whereby` at one end of the poster panel, (the lett end as shown in Fig. 1) the cards are shifted in succession from front or exposed position to rear or uneiioosedv position and at the other end ot said poster panel from unexposed to exposed position, and it will be noted by reference to Fig. 'l' that the intermediate wall 26 is cut away at the end oi: the poster panel where the cards are shifted from one channel to another or below the narrow strip or rail 23 between the channels 1a 11i ot rail 10 in which the upper ends of the cards travel. rlhe sprocket wheel 36 is turned by means oi" a rod depending therefrom, which ol` course may be provided with a crank-handle (not shown) and with ratchet and pawl (not shown)4 as usually provided in connection with an endless chain or web such as provided for sign exhibitors. p

rllhe purposes and operation ot my improved poster panel willbe readily understood from the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, for

it provides a simple and effective arrangement especially adapted for car poster panels by which an additional set of advertising cards are mounted in the panel so that they may be successively brought into exposed position or displayY with those in the rear reserved tor future display, in other words providing for changing the advertisements on display as desired, and, as hereinbefore stated the cards may be advertisements of diii'erent concerns or a variety of advertisements oi' one or more concerns. rlhe advertising cards, et posters may be readily inserted in the poster panel any part thereof by simply passing the upper end of the card into one oi the channels 14 ot' the upper rail and then dropping it into one of the channels 15 ot the lower rail to engage the pin 34 oi'plate 17 carryingsaid card into one ot the apertures 35 in the chain 33.

lt will of course be understood that the construction and arrangement herein shown and described is the preferred embodiment of my invention, and that the same is susceptible ot' modilications or changes within the spirit and scope of the appended claims to attain the purposes specilically set forth.

l claim:

1. A car posterpanel comprising upper and lower rails presenting trachways for sets of advertising vcards positioned one behind another, and an endless chain engaging the cards at the center thereof to move them successively from one channel to the other at the opposite ends of the car poster panel.

2. A car poster panel comprising upper and lower rails presenting traclrways tor sets of advertising cards traveling in said trackways, an endless chain traveling in opposite directions in the trackways and having apertures in the links thereof, and a pin projecting from the center of the advertising cards into engagement with apertures in the links.

of the chain.

3. A car poster panel comprising upper and lower rails presenting trackways for se s et advertising cards traveling in said trac..-

ways, said trackways communi :ating one with the other at opposite ends of the poster panel, an endless chain traveling in opposite directions in the trackways of one of the rails and having apertures in the links thereof, and a pin projecting from the center of each advertising card to engage one of the aforesaid apertures in the endless chain.

fl. A car poster panel comprising upper and lower rails presenting trackways, the upper rail consisting of spaced apart strips connected at their upper ends with the intermediate strip reduced in width at the opposite ends of the poster panel and the lower rail consisting of outer and inner walls with an intermediate wall, the latter being cut away below the aforesaid narrow portions of the intermediate strip of the upper rail, an endless chain traveling in opposite directions in the trackways of one of the rails and having apertures in the links thereof, and a pin projecting from the center of the advertising card into engagement with apertures in the links of the chain.

5. A car poster panel comprising upper and lower rails presenting trackways, the upper rail consisting of spaced apart strips connected at their upper ends with the iirtermediate strip reduced in width at the opposite ends of the poster panel and the lower rail consisting of outer and inner walls with an intermediate wall, the latter being cut away below the aforesaid narrow portions of the intermediate strip of the upper rail, and an endless chain traveling in opposite directions in the trackway of one of the rails and having apertures in the links thereof; together with a plate in which the advertising' card is mounted, and a pin projecting from the plate to engage one of the aforesaid apertures in the endless chain.

G. A car poster panel comprising upper and lower rails between which the advertising cards or posters are mounted, and an endless chain traveling in'one of said rails horizont-ally in opposite directions; together with a frame or plate in which the advertising card is mounted, and a pin projecting from the center of the plate and engaging the endless chain.

7. A car poster panel comprising upper and lower rails presenting trackways, the upper rail eonsist'ng of spaced apart strips connected at their upper ends with the inter-- mediate strip reduced in width at the opposite ends of the poster panel and the lower rail consisting of parallel walls with the inter mediate wall out away below the aforesaid narrow portions of the intermediate strip of the upper rail, and guiding lingers at the ends of the narrow portions of the aforesaid intermediate strip for moving the cards from one traekway to the other; an endless chain in 'the lower rail with the opposite lengths thereof traveling in the trackways of said rail, advertising cards each having a pin proj ecting from the center thereof and connected to the endless chain, and means for moving said endless chain.

S. A car poster panel comprising upper and lower rails presenting trackways, the upper rail consisting of spaced apart strips connected at their upper ends with the intermediate strip reduced in width at the opposite ends of the poster panel and the lower rail consisting of parallel walls with the intermediate wall cut away below the aforesaid narrow portions of the intermediate strip of the upper rail, and guiding lingers at the ends of the narrow portions of the aforesaid intermediate strip for moving the cards from one trackway to the other; an endless chain in the lower rail with the opposite lengths thereof traveling in the traekways of said rail, a frame carrying the advertising cards haring a pin projecting from the center thereof in engagement with the links of the endless chain, and a sprocket wheel and op erating means therefor for operating the chain.

9. A car poster panel for advertising cards con'iprising upper and lower rails presenting trackways, the upper rail consisting of spaced apart strips connected at their upper ends with the intermediate strip reduced in width at the opposite ends of the poster panel and the lower rail consisting of parallel walls with the intermediate wall cut away below the aforesaid narrow portions of the intermediate strip of the upper rail, and guiding fingers at the ends of the narrow portions of said intermediate strip for moving the cards from one trackway of said rail to the other, a frame carrying the advertising card and having upwardly projecting tongues at the ends thereof, and a pin projecting from the center of the lower edge of the frame; together with an endless chain in the lower rail with the opposite lengths thereof traveling in the trac-kways of ,said rail, the pins on the frames carryingthe advertising cards engaging the links of said chain, sprocket wheels over which the endless chain travels, and means for turning said sprocket wheels.

JULIUS C. BANDINI. 

